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Show Seventy-Five Thousand Men Rendered Idle Strike of Carpenters In Chicago Is Followed by General Lockout All Work Stopped on Unfinished Dulld-Infls Dulld-Infls Thousands out of Work. Chicago, April 1G. Sixteen thousand thou-sand union enrpenters, striking for nn lncroaso of flvo cents an hour, woro under tho ban of a lockout order by their former employers today.Palnt-ors, today.Palnt-ors, lathers, plasterers and sheet metal met-al workers found themselves In slml-Inr slml-Inr circumstances and enough allied trades were affected to bring tho total of idle men beyond 75,000. Tho carpenters wero on strlko from 4:30 p.m jestorday until midnight. Then tho lockout order went Into effect ef-fect nnd today men who wished to bolt tho strlko order and continues to work wero told to enrry their grievances griev-ances to tho union officials. When work ceased on approximately approximate-ly 4,000 of tho 4,500 unfinished struet-tiros struet-tiros in tho city, contractors laid off all hands except a few men retained to clean up odd jobs. Watchmen woro employed to keep a closo vigil ovor unfinished hulUlfngs. This pro-caution pro-caution was deemed particularly no-cossary no-cossary because ot tho decision ot most of the employers to bring nonunion non-union workmen Into Chicago from other cities. Contracting painters nnd decorators have dotldcd to substitute strangers for 0,000 union brush wleldcrs who wero loeked out becauso 3,000 of their number struck at protest against tho nutl-strlko agreement which all members mem-bers of tho Building Construction Employers' association wero pledged to oxact from tho building crafts. Vlolcnco already has been roportod by men Interested In tho painting nnd decorating trade. A big automobile carrying men armed with brass knuckles and blackjacks appeared on the north side and several non-union men wero beaten, according to tho reports. |